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Tesla says Model 3 that burst into flames in fatal tree crash wasn’t defective (arstechnica.com)

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Oh, cool, so that’s what’s supposed to happen in a collision? I’ll totally buy one.

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[–] partial_accumen 15 points 5 months ago (21 children)

You can absolutely talk about it, but recognize that non-EVs catch fire more often that EVs. So if you have a problem with EVs catching fire, you should REALLY have a problem with every other car first.

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 5 months ago (17 children)

Do other car companies' cars that lack defects tend to have this sort of fire situation?

[–] partial_accumen 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (16 children)

Do other car companies’ cars that lack defects tend to have this sort of fire situation?

If you can point to any car company that produces a car lacking defects at all, I'm very interested to see it. With regard to EV fires vs cars that have ICE the numbers are very telling:

"Data from the National Transportation Safety Board showed that EVs were involved in approximately 25 fires for every 100,000 sold. Comparatively, approximately 1,530 gasoline-powered vehicles and 3,475 hybrid vehicles were involved in fires for every 100,000 sold." source

60 times greater fire chance for pure ICE car than EV. 139 times greater fire chance for hybrid than EV. So if you are desiring to own a car with a much much higher likelihood it will catch on fire make sure it has an ICE engine and a gas tank.